The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Vladimir Zhoga, who led the Sparta Battalion, which among the fiercest to fight with the Russian army and was formed in the breakaway Ukrainian territory of Donetsk during the 2014 conflict

None of us imagined that Vladimir Putin would start a war. This was unthinkable even after he took Crimea and the two Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. The worst we assumed was that he would again arrange a provocation at the border. But he suddenly began to bomb the…

As Russia pounds Ukraine, many people displaced during 2014 conflict are having to flee their homes for a second time.

Pro-Russian separatist regions declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

Ukrainians are currently defending their nation's sovereignty after Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade the neighbouring country last Thursday

The UN human rights chief said Thursday military operations in Ukraine are “escalating further as we speak” and warned of “concerning reports” of the use of cluster bombs. Michelle Bachelet said the Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in the eastern Donetsk region, where pro-Russian separatists seized territory in 2014, leading to…

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

Pro-Russian separatist regions declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Former Shakhtar Donetsk boss Paulo Fonseca, who was previously on Tottenham's radar, has opened up on his and his family's exit from Ukraine as they battled to exit the country amid Russia's invasion

Pro-Russian forces may launch targeted strikes on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol unless Ukrainian forces there surrender, the Interfax news agency quoted Donetsk separatist commander Eduard Basurin as saying on Thursday.